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Rare 'hypernova' explosion detected on fringes of the Milky Way for the first time
By Brandon Specktor published
Researchers found evidence of an elusive magneto-rotational hypernova explosion for the first time ever.
How fast does the Earth move?
By JoAnna Wendel published
Our planet is constantly moving, racing around the sun and spinning on its axis. But how fast does it move?
Astronomers discover largest-known spinning structures in the universe
By Charles Q. Choi published
Tendrils of galaxies up to hundreds of millions of light-years long may be the largest spinning objects in the universe, a new study finds.
'Giant arc' stretching 3.3 billion light-years across the cosmos shouldn't exist
By Adam Mann published
How big is too big?
Did a dark energy discovery just prove Einstein wrong? Not quite.
By Paul Sutter published
The Dark Energy Survey just released its most comprehensive results. But did they really prove Einstein wrong?
Oldest spiral galaxy in the universe captured in fuzzy photo
By Harry Baker published
Astronomers have identified the universe's oldest spiral galaxy from a blurry image captured by the ALMA observatory.
Some of the universe's stars have gone missing. But where did they go?
By Giles Sparrow, All About Space magazine published
An international team of astronomers is on the hunt for objects that should be impossible.
Can the universe learn?
By Mara Johnson-Groh published
A team of scientists thinks the answer is "yes."
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